10 Questions about the St. Josemaria Institute

The St. Josemaria Institute was founded in the United States in 2006 to help people discover and explore the life and teachings of St. Josemaria, the “patron saint of ordinary life”, who has become a spiritual guide for thousands of people around the world. Tags: Opus Dei, US, Josemaria Escriva

“A Home from Home” in UK

James Pereiro

St Josemaría Escrivá personally encouraged the setting up of Netherhall House in the 1950s as a residence for students from all over the world. He spent several summers in Britain between 1958 and 1962, and considered London a "crossroads of the world" where different cultures could enrich one another and work together for building a better society. Read here the article "Netherhall House, London (1960-1984): The Commonwealth dimension". Tags: Youth, Opus Dei, UK

We need to converse with God

Ferdinando Cancelli

The primacy of prayer over action. In this article published in L’Osservatore Romano on November 17, the author, Ferdinando Cancelli, comments on the teachings of St Josemaria about the importance of prayer. Tags: Alvaro del Portillo, Contemplation, Javier Echevarria, Prayer

When love is strengthened

Bishop Javier Echevarria, Prelate of Opus Dei

St Josemaria recalled his parents' love: "They really loved each other, and they had to suffer a lot (...); and I always saw them smiling." In this article, Bishop Javier Echevarria talks about the love of married people in the teachings of St Josemaria. Tags: Javier Echevarria, Marriage, Love, family

A prayer that went round the world

Fr Jesus Sancho-Bielsa

St Josemaria was taught a spiritual communion prayer by a religious. Where did this prayer come from originally? The author of this article found it by chance in the pages of an old Spanish catechism. Tags: Eucharist, Holy Communion

Fishmonger and revolutionary

Carlos Martinez was a fishermonger. By the age of ten, he had joined the local communist cell. When he was 34, he learned from St Josemaria how to find God in his work. He thought this discovery needed to be written down. His notes have now been written up in book form and published in Spain under the title Carlos Martinez, pescadero. Un revolucionario que se encontró con Dios (“Carlos Martinez, fishmonger. A revolutionary who met God”.) Tags: Opus Dei, Opus Dei members, Associate

Ten keys for communicating faith

Juan Manuel Mora

"St Josemaría Escrivá recalled that it is individual people, committed to their beliefs and to their profession, who find the right approaches and solutions. This principle applies to the field of communications". Here an article by J. M. Mora, published in L'Osservatore Romano. Tags: Faith, Evangelization, Mission, Communication

The Beginnings of Kibondeni College, Nairobi

Christine Gichure

Kibondeni College is a corporate work of Opus Dei in Kenya. This article's focus is the pre-history, the initial stages and the development of the school which started as a service unit alongside Strathmore and Kianda Colleges, and seeks to highlight the role of the teaching, faith and vision of St. Josemaría with respect to hospitality work as a noble career for women, and how several women of Opus Dei implemented it at a difficult moment in Kenya’s history. Tags: Youth, school, Women, Kenya, Opus Dei members, Women of Opus Dei

What do we celebrate in Christmas?

Francisco Varo, Dean of the Faculty of Theology, University of Navarre

This day shall light shine upon us; for the Lord is born to us. This is the great announcement which moves Christians today... What do we celebrate in Christmas? What do we really know about Jesus? ¿When and how was he born? A team of theologians and historians of the University of Navarre (Spain), have answered these questions. Tags: Doctrine, Jesus Christ, Holy Family

What is an Angel?

Benedict XVI

In a homily given in St Peter's Basilica in 2007 for the liturgical memorial of the three Archangels, Pope Benedict explains who the Angels are, and what role they play in our lives. Tags: Angels